Elizabeth Loftin, Memory
Elizabeth Loftus: A Journey Into MemoryChapter Page3. False Memory .................................... 5Elizabeth Loftus is an amazing woman. She is ranked among the top 100 psychologists of the 20th century. (APA website, none) She has written 19 books, her list of articles fill more than 17 pages of her professional biography on the University of Irvine's website, and she is "one of the 25 psychologists most often cited in psychology textbooks." (Wilson, none) Elizabeth Loftus has contributed greatly to the field of psychology, most notably in the field of memory. Loved and hated for her work in the courtroom, she has been called as an expert witness in over 200 trials, most often for the defense. In the April 2002 issue of the Review of General Psychology, Loftus was listed among the top 100 psychologists of the 20th century. The list included many well-known psychologists, such B.F.Skinner; Piaget, Freud, Maslow, Pavlov, James and Bowlby. At number 58, Elizabe
Freyd believes that repressed memory associated with sexual abuse is much like the post traumatic stress disorder recognized in war veterans. Retrieved from the World Wide Web January 25, 2004: http://www. Loftus points out that new memories may also be scrambled. Her online biography also lists pages of books and articles she has written regarding child abuse and the trauma associated with it. When asked how fast the cars appeared to be going when the accident occurred, the answers varied based on how the question was asked. " (Wilson, none) It is that coloring of the memory that concerns Loftus, especially in Repressed Memory Therapy (RMT), where the therapist is often leading the patient through something they have absolutely no memory of. Philip Moseley, Cotton's court appointed attorney, said in a PBS interview that Jennifer was very self-assured and believable. In this study, Loftus talked with participants about their trips to Disneyland. (Frontline, none) Although Loftus did not testify at this trial, she surely would have stood with the defendant and she would have been right. She was absolutely certain Cotton was the man who raped her and, from the stand, she swore it was him.
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